The Future of Fighting Games? One Button Special Moves and the Controller Arms Race

The debate about easier inputs for fighting game moves has been going on for years, but it's intensified in recent years by games pushing further and further in that direction. I thought it'd be interesting to explore one button specials and how fighting game inputs at large need to contend with all of the different types of controllers out there these days.

The accompanying blog post can be found here:
https://www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/the-...

00:00 Intro
00:23 The History of One Button Special Moves
02:40 Modern Controls in Street Fighter 6
05:41 Simple Inputs in Granblue Fantasy Versus
06:31 One Button Specials—Problems and Limitations
08:05 The Controller Arms Race
10:48 Conclusion

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